Thank you for the wonderful reviews, I'm glad to see that you all are enjoying this story so far. As usual I own nothing but the bad guy.

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"Jane, Jane honey did you squeeze my hand? Please if you can hear me, squeeze my hand again baby, please." The slight pressure she felt in response made her sob, "Oh Jane you can hear me…I love you Jane, I need you in my life…you are my life, please."

Feeling the squeezing of her hand again just a bit stronger, Maura lay her head down on the Jane's bed and cried.

Maura pressed the call button to let them know about Jane. The nurse who responded hadn't believed her until she saw it for herself. Calling for the doctor, she left Maura alone with Jane again.

"Jane honey I know you can hear me. You need to get better okay. I'm going to go let your mother know and I will be right back honey I promise." Maura lovingly kissed her hand and walked out to give everyone the news.

She was surprised when she got to the waiting room to find Emily Prentiss waiting for her.

"Hey Maura, how is she?" Emily owed Jane so much for what she did for JJ, she had to know now for herself how she was.

Everyone looked at her expectantly, "she…she squeezed my hand. She squeezed my hand in response to questions I asked."

"YES!" Frankie's yell made them all jump.

"Dammit Frankie are you trying to give me a heart attack…God I can't believe I said that," Angela sat down and started crying as it suddenly hit her what her daughter had been through.

"Aw Ma, Ma don't cry its okay, I'm sorry…I was just you know, happy, aren't we happy?" He pulled his mother into a hug and held her while she cried.

Emily seemed stunned by the implication of what Angela had said, "Maura?"

Maura sat down abruptly, totally unaware when Emily kneeled down in front of her.

"Maura what did the doctor say?" she said softly.

Maura was surprised at how calmly she relayed almost verbatim the doctor's comments. She was even more surprised when Emily pulled her into a hug. She felt herself relax in her arms surprised at how comforted she felt.

Emily held Maura close, she knew exactly how she must have been feeling and her heart broke for her. But Jane was strong she knew she would be okay but it was going to be a long road for them both. Emily Prentiss was not an affectionate person, she had gotten through life viewing and feeling it from behind her walls and embankments. But Jane and Maura, she felt a connection with them and she knew JJ felt the same way. Emily didn't think, she knew that if it were her in that bed, Jane would be here for JJ.

Maura pushed her away gently, "I feel so guilty, how is JJ?" she asked.

Resting on one knee, she thought about the pain she knew JJ was feeling. "She…she'll be okay, a couple of broken ribs, some broken bones in her hand and a cracked vertebrae" Maura looked at her in shock. Anyone of those injuries was extremely painful, combined they would be excruciating and yet she knew that JJ had never stopped asking about Jane.

Emily answered her questioning look, "Garcia is here, she's sitting with her right now. I need to make sure we track down Rodriguez," she said her voice growing hard.

Maura recognized that tone; it was very much like Jane's. "Do you think he'll come here?"

"I'm sorry Maura but I know he will"

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"Emily?" the voice was just a whisper but it was enough.

"Hey sunshine, how are you feeling?" Garcia stroked her forehead gently.

"Thirsty." She said hoarsely. Garcia walked over to the pitcher of ice water the nurse had brought in earlier and poured a cup for her. After taking a couple of sips, JJ rested her head back. "Where's Emily, Pen?" her voice stronger now, she was surprised to see Garcia. She could remember Emily saying something about Garcia but not much else.

"Honey I'll let her know you're awake, but she's out with the others looking for Rodriguez."

"Hmmm" JJ tried to shift her body a little and immediately stopped, letting out an involuntary groan.

"Oh honey are you in pain?" Garcia asked anxiously.

"It's okay Pen, my bad…I shouldn't have tried to move just yet. Rodriguez, he's…he's coming here."

"Oh honey don't say that, I'm sure he's long gone, he would be…"

"Pen…he's coming…there is so much hatred there…his father shared it and…and I killed him, he's not going to walk away from that." JJ's voice was low and full of pain. She had the button to the dispenser by her hand but didn't want to press it yet. She wanted to stay awake until they found him.

"You should have seen him Pen. He wanted Jane dead…he was enjoying the idea, he enjoyed watching her suffer from his beating…she was in so much pain Pen, she defended me…she wouldn't let him touch me. She took a beating for me…she" JJ's tears ran down her face.

"Oh honey no, please don't cry, oh dear please, Emily will kill me if she finds out I made you cry." Garcia didn't know what to do, so she texted Emily.

"Pen I need to know if Jane is okay, please." Her breathing was getting rapid and shallow.

"Okay honey, please try to relax" her cell phone buzzed and she glanced at it quickly. "Emily is on her way okay Jayje…."

Closing her eyes JJ tried to focus on her breathing. It was difficult because she hadn't managed to lock down her pain at all.

Emily made her way to JJ's room after making her apologies to Maura. Garcia's text had been brief and terse. "She needs you"

That's all she needed to know.

Showing her ID to the officer posted outside her door, she quickly walked in.

"Emily" JJ's voice was soft and tired.

"Hey baby, you're awake. How are you feeling?" Emily quickly approached JJ's bed, nodding to Garcia.

"I'm fine Em, how is Jane?" her hesitation must have shown because she asked again more insistently.

"Emily please I need to know."

"Okay Jennifer, but I need you to relax and I need you to press that button you're refusing to press."

"Emily no, please…I don't want to sleep" JJ's voice was petulant

"Fine but you have to promise, soon as I'm done…pain meds." She said firmly, her brooking no argument.

"Fine…now tell me please."

"Yes tell us please, how is my Italian stud muffin?" Garcia asked gently.

She told them, JJ's sobs were heart wrenching and painful. "Jennifer look at me," Emily said, "you cannot blame yourself do you hear me," she said firmly "It's who she is. Jane did exactly what I would have done JJ. Exactly what you did once she was hurt. JJ honey its not your fault" Emily knew Jennifer couldn't bring herself to believe it yet, so as she leaned in to give her a kiss, she pressed the button on the dispenser. The morphine's effect was almost immediate. She saw the realization in JJ's eyes as they flared angrily before she fell into her drug induced sleep.

"She gonna kill you for doing that Princess" Garcia said somberly.

"I know Garcia but at least she will have gotten some rest. Come on, we need to get everyone together."

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After clearing it with the hospital administrator, Hotch had the team assigned in pairs to take turns grabbing some sleep throughout the day in an empty hospital room on the fourth floor, just down the hall from JJ. None of them wanted to leave. They knew Rodriguez' targets were there.

It was after seven in the evening before anyone realized that the linen truck hadn't moved all day.

"Who reported it?" Hotch said

"The Facilities Manager, he went down there for a final check and to lock some things up when he saw it still parked there." Morgan said. "They found the driver unconscious inside. Hotch, he was missing part of his uniform"

"Dammit he's in here. Okay it getting dark outside. I want a sweep done of the exterior of the hospital and I want it secured. If he is in here, he's not getting out, not this time. Make sure we have at least two uniformed officers on JJ and Rizzoli at al times. Inform the nurse's stations on each floor and make sure everyone knows what he looks like."

Hotch looked around at everyone gathered there. "We need to do a sweep, floor by floor. No one goes alone, minimum teams of two.

"Reid and Rossi, take some uniforms with you, the west part of the hospital and work your way down.

"Prentiss, Frost, and Morgan, start with the linen truck, work your way from that entrance-eastern part of the building and work your way up.

"Korsak, if you don't mind, you're with me. We need to coordinate floor by floor sweeps, top down and bottom up."

"Listen to me all of you. If you find him, don't be a hero do you understand? Call for back up. He does not get a second chance at Rizzoli or JJ." Hotch had never sounded colder.

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"You okay Reid?" Rossi asked. The young man had been lost in thought for over ten minutes, which was very unlike him.

"Hmm, yeah, I was just thinking, if I were Rodriguez and I had made it into the hospital, I would have to know that the police were everywhere don't you think? Where would he his? A hospital is more well lit than your own home its not as if…" Reid stared ahead blankly, "No"

"No, what Reid?" Rossi could tell Reid was clearly on to something.

"Rossi, how did he get to Maldonado…"

"Sonofabitch, he cut the power" Rossi exclaimed as he pulled out his cell, sending out a general text to the team. He let them know what Reid was thinking.

Hotch looked at his cell, "dammit" he said flatly.

"What?" Korsak left the officer he was talking to and came back to Hotch.

"The power Vince," looking at his watch he knew it was dark outside, "he's gonna cut the power"

Emily looked at her cell and read Rossi's message. "Shit Morgan, the power, where the hell is the Mech Room."

"Should be down the hallway here" Frost said. "there!"

The door was closed and there appeared to be no one around. Taking positions on either side, Morgan pulled open the door. Morgan yelled as they suddenly realized the doorknob had been electrified. Two things happened at once, Frost quickly rammed into him causing him to break contact with the doorknob, saving his life and the lights went out.

The back up generators kicked in almost immediately but there was no regular lighting, just dim emergency lighting.

"Goddamit Morgan open your eyes, look at me" Emily was yelling at him. She couldn't remember the last time he was so still. An answering groan was the best sound she ever heard. "Frost you okay?" The younger man lay next to Morgan shaking his head, his body felt like it was humming.

"Damn! That hurt" he said.

"Morgan?"

"I'm good Princess." The shock he received wasn't enough to kill him thanks to Frost, but it could've knocked an elephant down, and did. "I think…just give me a minute."

Emily looked at the now open door of the Mchanical Room and could see smoke coming from it. "What the hell did this guy do…shit the room is smoking."

Pulling out her cell she called Hotch.

"Hotch? Yeah that was us…no he rigged the electrical, Morgan got shocked. Listen we need the fire department, the mechanical room is smoking I don't know what's going on in there but we don't know what else he may have rigged. We can't afford to let the emergency lighting go out. Okay…fine" Hanging up she could feel herself gripping the phone tightly.

"Hotch wants us back upstairs, no elevators. You guys okay to move? Morgan?" she watched as the large man got to his feet a little unsteadily.

"I'm fine," looking at the electrical burn on his hand he couldn't wait to get his hands on the fucker.

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Rodriguez looked up as the lights in the storage room went out. They knew he was here now, which was just fine with him. He knew they would be calling in the fire department, they didn't have a choice and that would be his next opportunity.

Yes, yes, the fox is in the henhouse. I hope this one was a bit less angsty for everyone. I love all of the feedback and suggestions I've gotten so far regarding who should be the one to take him out. Quite honestly I haven't completely decided yet so keep those suggestions coming.

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